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1983 Warner W. Hodgdon Carolina 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 3 of 30 Sunday, March 13, 1983 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC 492 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (500.364 miles) Time of race: 4:25:30 Average speed: 113.055 mph Pole speed: 143.413 mph Cautions: 10 for 94 laps Margin of victory: .5 cl Attendance: 37000 Lead changes: 30 Glossary    1983 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1983 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 12 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 492 24150 running 48 180 2 6 9   Bill Elliott Melling Oil Pumps   (Harry Melling) Ford 492 14990 running 10 175 3 11 11   Darrell Waltrip Pepsi Challenger   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 492 17760 running 3 170 4 17 1   Lake Speed UNO   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 489 5110 running 0 160 5 7 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Buick 489 12335 running 0 155 6 1 3   Ricky Rudd Piedmont Airlines   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 489 8465 running 30 155 7 13 27   Tim Richmond Old Milwaukee   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 488 3235 running 2 151 8 19 90   Dick Brooks Chameleon Sunglasses   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 486 6645 running 1 147 9 5 28   Cale Yarborough Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 486 7335 running 161 148 10 3 22   Bobby Allison Miller High Life   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 484 10695 running 21 139 11 8 2   Mark Martin Valvring   (Jim Stacy) Buick 484 8510 running 0 130 12 2 75   Neil Bonnett Hodgdon   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Chevrolet 483 5155 rear end 153 132 13 27 17   Sterling Marlin Hesco Exhaust   (Roger Hamby) Pontiac 477 5190 running 0 124 14 29 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 473 4480 running 0 121 15 15 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 468 4370 running 0 118 16 34 74   Bobby Wawak Superior Piping   (Bobby Wawak) Buick 466 1840 running 0 115 17 23 26   Ronnie Hopkins Food Country USA   (Charlie Henderson) Buick 457 1785 running 0 112 18 32 02   D.K. Ulrich Price Racing   (Bud Reeder) Buick 416 3900 running 0 109 19 18 88   Geoffrey Bodine Gatorade   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 401 4750 crash 57 111 20 9 47   Ron Bouchard Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Buick 395 3550 running 0 103 21 28 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 382 3195 crash 0 100 22 31 67   Buddy Arrington Arrington Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Chrysler 355 3145 rear end 0 97 23 20 18   Slick Johnson Satterfield Racing   (Leon Satterfield) Buick 307 1425 rear end 0 94 24 14 44   Terry Labonte Budweiser   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 279 3055 engine 0 91 25 26 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Bobby Hillin, Sr. Buick 250 1345 rear end 0 88 26 24 6   Jim Sauter Ulrich Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 238 2965 oil pump 0 85 27 25 41   Ronnie Thomas Advance Auto Parts   (Ronnie Thomas) Pontiac 219 1265 engine 0 82 28 33 20   Rick Newsom Bull Frog Knits   (Rick Newsom) Chevrolet 199 1225 engine 0 79 29 10 98   Joe Ruttman Levi Garrett   (Ron Benfield) Buick 176 3685 crash 0 76 30 30 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 157 2145 engine 0 73 31 21 48   Lennie Pond Palatine Auto Parts   (James Hylton) Pontiac 141 2655 engine 0 70 32 16 21   Buddy Baker Valvoline   (Wood Brothers) Ford 108 1390 engine 0 67 33 4 15   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Bud Moore) Ford 73 8000 crash 6 69 34 22 71   Dave Marcis Hudson   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 38 8410 engine 0 61 35 35 06   Ernie Cline Brochure Furniture   (Ernie Cline) Pontiac 35 910 crash 0 58

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 22 22   green-yellow start   23 38 16     39 48 10   #71 engine   49 72 24     73 77 5   #15 accident turn 2   78 110 33     111 118 8   #21 spun turn 4   119 138 20     139 149 11   rain   150 178 29     179 190 12   #33,47,98 accident turns 3/4   191 270 80     271 274 4     275 402 128     403 413 11   #88 accident turn 2   414 451 38     452 459 8   #28,75 accident turn 2   460 476 17     477 479 3   #64 accident   480 492 13       Percent of race run under caution: 19.1%             Average green flag run: 39.8 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Ricky Rudd 1 29 29   Dale Earnhardt 30 35 6   Cale Yarborough 36 39 4   Neil Bonnett 40 73 34   Dick Brooks 74 74 1   Cale Yarborough 75 110 36   Ricky Rudd 111 111 1   Tim Richmond 112 112 1   Neil Bonnett 113 126 14   Cale Yarborough 127 144 18   Neil Bonnett 145 153 9   Bobby Allison 154 168 15   Cale Yarborough 169 179 11   Tim Richmond 180 180 1   Cale Yarborough 181 251 71   Neil Bonnett 252 259 8   Geoffrey Bodine 260 271 12   Bobby Allison 272 272 1   Geoffrey Bodine 273 293 21   Neil Bonnett 294 372 79   Bobby Allison 373 377 5   Geoffrey Bodine 378 401 24   Neil Bonnett 402 403 2   Darrell Waltrip 404 405 2   Richard Petty 406 422 17   Neil Bonnett 423 429 7   Cale Yarborough 430 450 21   Richard Petty 451 452 2   Darrell Waltrip 453 453 1   Bill Elliott 454 463 10   Richard Petty 464 492 29 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bill Elliott 500     2   Bobby Allison 457   -43   3   Dick Brooks 431   -69   4   Neil Bonnett 404   -96   5   Joe Ruttman 402   -98   6   Richard Petty 376   -124   7   Buddy Baker 371   -129   8   Harry Gant 367   -133   9   Lake Speed 366   -134   10   Jimmy Means 357   -143   11   Geoffrey Bodine 354   -146   12   Terry Labonte 338   -162   13   Ricky Rudd 335   -165   14   Cale Yarborough 328   -172   15   Ron Bouchard 315   -185   15   Buddy Arrington 315   -185   17   Kyle Petty 308   -192   18   Dale Earnhardt 307   -193   19   Tim Richmond 303   -197   20   Darrell Waltrip 301   -199   21   Mark Martin 300   -200